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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications has seen the future of supercomputing and it can be summed up in three letters: GPU.CNET From ACM News | November 2, 2010
Google likes to think of itself as the world's information barometer, the most complete repository of human intent as measured by the Internet search query. Around...CNET From ACM News | November 2, 2010
Sixty-one percent of U.S. citizens believe the president should be authorized to control or even shut down portions of the Internet in the event key U.S. systems...CNet From ACM TechNews | November 1, 2010
A diplomatic dispute between Japan and China led China in September to temporarily suspend shipments of rare earth elements to Japan, a move that caused a spike...CNet From ACM News | November 1, 2010
When WikiLeaks launched with little fanfare in early 2007, its founders touted it as a unique collaboration that would rely on the same anyone-can-edit software...CNET From ACM News | October 28, 2010
The European Union is sponsoring a multimillion-dollar research project to boost the efficiency of everyday electronics and choke the constant flow of wasted...CNET From ACM News | October 27, 2010
In a record Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released updates today for Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework that feature fixes for 49 holes, including...CNET From ACM News | October 12, 2010
While official U.S. response has been comparatively mild, the European Union's cybersecurity agency says Stuxnet represents a "paradigm shift" in critical infrastructure...CNET From ACM News | October 12, 2010
The Stuxnet worm has taken the computer security world by storm, inspiring talk of a government-sponsored cyberwar, and of a software program laden with obscure...CNet From ACM News | October 5, 2010
Google has developed a new format for Web images called WebP, which it says can reduce image file sizes by 40 percent compared to the widely used JPEG format. CNet From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2010
Under the shadow of the Cold War-era Titan II and Atlas rockets set up outside the New York Hall of Science, this weekend's World Maker Faire extravaganza was...CNET From ACM News | September 29, 2010
As data traffic explodes on wireless networks thanks to smartphones and other connected mobile devices, 4G wireless technology is expected to solve mobile operators'...CNET From ACM News | September 24, 2010
In a rare public speaking occasion, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano said that today's energy infrastructure needs to be further digitized and focused on the end consumer...CNET From ACM News | September 21, 2010
Japan has added another soldier to its humanoid robot army. The HRP-4 is the latest edition in the state-backed humanoid project. CNet From ACM News | September 17, 2010
Rather than teach your gadgets what to do, Intel researchers say that in the not-too-distant future they will learn about you on their own. That means where you...CNET From ACM News | September 16, 2010
Fujitsu said Monday (September 13) that it has overcome design hurdles for a mechanism for wireless charging of electronic devices and that the company plans...CNet From ACM News | September 13, 2010
Google is famous for evangelizing the power of the algorithm. It spends less time talking about the several hundred human beings who influence its algorithm.CNET From ACM News | September 8, 2010